The police and your auto insurance company will immediately try to determine negligence in a car accident. Although it seems hard to understand, there are common circumstances where you could be held liable and sued for negligence in a car accident even if you weren\u2019t driving or in the vehicle at all.<\/p>\n
An employer will be held responsible for wrongful acts including negligent driving<\/strong> by an employee driving for work purposes and performing a work related task. The legal terms for this responsibility are \u201cvicarious liability\u201d or \u201cimputed negligence\u201d<\/strong>, identifying the specific relationship between employer and employee. If an employee drives a company vehicle without permission in their non-work hours or uses the vehicle for a non-work related task, the employer would not be held responsible.<\/p>\n Under the negligent entrustment law in some states, if you own a car and give permission for someone else to drive it, you will be held legally responsible for any negligent driving in the car particularly if it can be proved that you knew they were unfit to drive.<\/p>\n In many states parents are automatically liable for their kids\u2019 negligent driving in the family car. There are specific laws and legal theories involved in this decision:<\/p>\n Negligent entrustment<\/strong> says that if a parent lends the car to a minor child who they know to be an incompetent or reckless driver they are responsible for their actions.<\/p>\n The Family Purpose Doctrine<\/strong> used in some states says that when a parent buys a vehicle for general family use then they are liable for any damages caused by negligent driving in that vehicle.<\/p>\n In some states signing a minor\u2019s driver\u2019s license application<\/strong> makes you legally responsible for that minor\u2019s driving behavior.<\/p>\n Lending your car to a person you know falls into any of the following categories could put you at risk for committing negligent entrustment, and you could be sued for any damages caused by the driver.<\/p>\n If you or a loved one were injured in an accident, you have enough to deal with. Let an experienced accident attorney<\/a> fight for the full compensation that you deserve. It is not uncommon to receive a settlement from the insurance company that is five to ten times bigger with the help of a lawyer. Call the caring accident attorneys at Tario & Associates, P.S.<\/a> in Bellingham, WA today for a FREE consultation! We have been representing residents of Whatcom County, Skagit County, Island County and Snohomish County since 1979. You will pay nothing up front and no attorney fees at all unless we recover damages for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The police and your auto insurance company will immediately try to determine negligence in a car accident. Although it seems hard to understand, there are common circumstances where you could be held liable and sued for negligence in a car accident even if you weren’t driving or in the vehicle at all.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0An employer will be held responsible for wrongful acts including negligent driving<\/strong> by an employee driving for work purposes and performing a work related task. The legal terms for this responsibility are “vicarious liability” or “imputed negligence”<\/strong>, identifying the specific relationship between employer and employee. If an employee drives a company vehicle without permission in their non-work hours or uses the vehicle for a non-work related task, the employer would not be held responsible.\u00a0<\/p>\n Under the negligent entrustment law in some states, if you own a car and give permission for someone else to drive it, you will be held legally responsible for any negligent driving in the car particularly if it can be proved that you knew they were unfit to drive.<\/p>\n In many states parents are automatically liable for their kids’ negligent driving in the family car. There are specific laws and legal theories involved in this decision:<\/p>\n Negligent entrustment<\/strong> says that if a parent lends the car to a minor child who they know to be an incompetent or reckless driver they are responsible for their actions.<\/p>\n The Family Purpose Doctrine<\/strong> used in some states says that when a parent buys a vehicle for general family use then they are liable for any damages caused by negligent driving in that vehicle.<\/p>\n In some states signing a minor’s driver’s license application<\/strong> makes you legally responsible for that minor’s driving behavior.<\/p>\n Lending your car to a person you know falls into any of the following categories could put you at risk for committing negligent entrustment, and you could be sued for any damages caused by the driver.<\/p>\n If your vehicle was involved in an automobile accident and you are being sued for negligent entrustment, you may want to hire an experienced car accident attorney<\/a>. We can look at every angle of the case to determine your best defense. Please contact the car accident lawyers at Tario & Associates at (360) 671-8500 today!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[865],"tags":[18,17,62,125,53,54],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tariolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tariolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tariolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tariolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tariolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.tariolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7240,"href":"https:\/\/www.tariolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions\/7240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tariolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tariolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tariolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tariolaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}You Let a Friend or Family Member Drive Your Car<\/h4>\n
You Let Your Children Drive Your Car<\/h4>\n
How To Tell if a Driver is Incompetent, Reckless, or Unfit<\/h3>\n
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Here are 3 Common Situations Where This Can Occur<\/h3>\n
An Employee Driving a Work Vehicle<\/h4>\n
You Let a Friend or Family Member Drive Your Car<\/span><\/h4>\n
You Let Your Children Drive Your Car<\/h4>\n
How To Tell if a Driver is Incompetent, Reckless, or Unfit<\/h3>\n
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